Portrait of Copernicus
History of Science, Medicine, and Technology

Walton O. Schalick, III, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Medical History and Bioethics, Orthopedics & Rehabilitation, and History of Science

Office: 1440 Med Sci Center
1300 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706-1532 U.S.A.
Tel: 608-262-6760
608-262-1460 (Med. Hist. office)
Fax: 608-265-0486
Email: schalick@wisc.edu
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Special interests and recent research:

Medieval Western medicine, disability history, history of childhood and pediatrics, bioethics and children

Recent publications:

  • "The Fog of War and the Declining Prevalence of Mental Retardation," in Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 2006; 116: 318-20.
  • "Encyclopedia of Disability" cover imageAlbrecht G.A., Bichenbach J., Mitchell D., Schalick W.O., Snyder S., eds. Encyclopedia of Disability (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Press, 2005).
  • "Speculum medicinae: Reflections of a Medievalist-Clinician," in Duffin J., ed. Clio in the Clini. (Oxford: Oxford University Press and Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005). pp. 27-45.
  • "To market, to market: The theory and practice of opiates in the Middle Ages," in Meldrum M., ed,. Opioids and Pain Relief: A Historical Perspective (Seattle, WA: IASP Press 2003), 25: 5-20.

Regularly offered courses:

  • 507: Health, Disease and Healing I
  • 668: A History of Western Disability
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